Project #1...check

I always have a current list of projects to do lying around my house somewhere. Sometimes I'm really good at checking things off that list and sometimes not. This past summer has been one of those "not" kind of times. So this week while my sister Maggie was visiting and school started and since we were stranded at the house b/c one of our cars is on the fritz, I decided that it was time to work on that list. So this will hopefully be the first of many posts to come in the near future.

Project #1
My craft room/office/kid free zone

It all started a few months ago when I read Amanda Blake Soule's book.


It is fabulous, you can find out more about Amanda here. I fell immediately in love and just felt inspired to get to work with my own family.

I love to do arts & crafts type of stuff, but felt hindered b/c I didn't have a space to do it in. With kids running around all the time it's tough to enjoy a project that you have to constantly be getting out and putting away during naps and bedtime. So after some consideration and a talk with Trent, we decided to move all our food and small cooking appliances out of the laundry/pantry room and into the garage to make room for me!

I couldn't have wrapped this project up without the help of Maggie, she helped me with the finishing touches, wrangled my kids and gave me moral support when my brain was fried! (she's also a cleaning slave driver...she gave me permission to say that btw)

So without further adieu....here it is, the big reveal...hope you like it as much as I do!!!